HMAS Toowoomba has been welcomed home from a six month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations today. The Honorable Mr Gary Gray AO MP, the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AM CSC RAN and Commander Australian Fleet Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore AM CSC RAN greeted the crew at her homeport
Pacific Fleet (PF) flagship Guard missile cruiser Varyag and tanker Irkut arrive at the port of Vancouver on Nov 7. According to Senior Protocol Officer James Webb, Royal Canadian Navy’s Maritime Forces Pacific, destroyer HMCS Algonquin will meet the Russian ships 50 miles westward Vancouver port a
Royal Navy destroyer will be welcomed home by the Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond as it returns from… (news.uk) [mappress] Source: news.uk, November 07, 2011;
Ingalls Shipbuilding, the largest supplier of US surface combatants, has started fabricating its fourth Legend-Class National Security Cutter detail designed using ShipConstructor software. The company has become increasingly efficient during the production of this vessel series. In mid-August, the
Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 8 and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) conducted the PHIBRON-MEU Integrated Training (PMINT) from Oct. 24 through Nov. 3. PMINT is the first integrated training between the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) comprised of approximately 1,700 Sailors f
Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) participated in community-relations (COMREL) events at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and the county Boys Club and Girls Club during a port visit at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport, Oct. 31 to Nov. 4. A team of 13 cre
Sixteen Indian naval officers on Nov 2 obtained Russian Defense Ministry’s certificates certifying their successful graduation from Naval Academy and completion of training course at Sevmash shipyard. Those officers are crewmembers of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being repaired and retrofitted
Russian Navy Command made a decision to shape aircraft carrier groups which are to expand presence zone of Russian Navy in the Pacific and the North Atlantic, writes Izvestiya referring to a source in Russian Navy Main HQ. Final decision whether to build aircraft carriers is upon the President of Ru
If you want to cheer home the British warship synonymous with the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, then be on Portsmouth’s historic waterfront from 9.30am on Monday to thank the men and women of HMS Liverpool. No British warship has spent longer on Operation Unified Protector, the NATO miss
Xpedite GOC Ltd has recently been awarded the contract to support the activities the Ministry of Defence – Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) RCM Project. The new QE Class is currently being built at shipyards around the country; HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales are the future flagships of the Naval
The Plymouth-based frigate HMS Portland responded to a Coastguard request earlier today to assist a casualty in a yacht in the English Channel 15 miles south-west of Portland Bill. The ship was conducting training off the South West coast when she was alerted to the situation and quickly closed to h
Seagoing minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko was laid up for repair of damages suffered at exercise, told an informed source in defense industry to Central Navy Portal. Northern Fleet (NF) seagoing minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko (Project 12660) moored at overhaul quay of Nerpa Ship Repair Plant late in O
In March 2012 Sevmash shipyard will start construction of two diesel electric submarines for Russian Navy, said the shipyard’s deputy director general Mikhail Budnichenko in the interview to Korabel newspaper. According to him, “pre-contractual negotiations are in progress, manufacturing preparation
The chief of naval operations said he would review an expensive plan to move an aircraft carrier’s homeport from Virginia to Florida, accord… (stripes) [mappress] Source: stripes, November 02, 2011;
